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Today in the studio
On 19, May 2014 | No Comments | In Colour Crush, My Pattern and Print, Notes from the Sketch Book | By patternandco
Today the light filled the studio along with flowers, fabric swatches and fun times.
The fabric is a sneak peek at a new line available at Modern Yardage…as soon as it is online I will shout it out! Love this colours! Yay!
Never one to miss the action…..love baby cakes!
Time flies when you are having fun.
On 15, May 2014 | No Comments | In Business Talk, My Pattern and Print, Notes from the Sketch Book | By patternandco
Time flies when you are having fun is so true….As well as baby growing (and crawling into every nook and cranny!) I had my first glimpse of the new fabric line and have been working behind the scenes on new projects. Work is fun, not always easy to balance the time between work and family and the one area that suffers the most when times get busy is the blog!
Sneak peek at Flutter By Butterflies a new range of girl interior products (copyright 2014 Michelle Manolov)
Cactus and pots
On 31, Mar 2014 | No Comments | In My Pattern and Print, Notes from the Sketch Book, Trends | By patternandco
Mixing and matching pots of blue and white with fab cacti and succulents, loving the greens and blues!
All images Copyrighted © Michelle Manolov 2014. All rights reserved
24
Mar
2014
In Colour Crush
Inspired by
My Pattern and Print
Notes from the Sketch Book
By patternandco
Spring alternative colours
On 24, Mar 2014 | No Comments | In Colour Crush, Inspired by, My Pattern and Print, Notes from the Sketch Book | By patternandco
Spring is a little fickle at the moment, one day glorious sunshine and green leaves budding with blooms in full floweriness and the next day, cold and grey and soggy fallen petals. So ever the optimist lets shout out SPRING with a new collection of patterns and colours inspired from a few blooms I have outside.
Time for spring!
On 14, Mar 2014 | No Comments | In My Pattern and Print, Notes from the Sketch Book | By patternandco
Making the most of the spring sunshine!
10
Mar
2014
In Etsy Love
Inspired by
Likes and loves
Notes from the Sketch Book
Paper Pattern and Print Love
By patternandco
Paper Love Inspiration
On 10, Mar 2014 | 11 Comments | In Etsy Love, Inspired by, Likes and loves, Notes from the Sketch Book, Paper Pattern and Print Love | By patternandco
I love paper. I am a paper Junkie.
Now that we have the confessions out of the way I can say paper for me is an inspiration.
I draw on it, paint on it, cut out shapes, print on it, fold it and make secret plans…..
Paper is such a big part of my daily life, from list making (always with doodles down the side) to making presents look as beautiful on the outside as the inside, designing on it everyday and creating decorations that string together all my ideas.
It’s my favourite way of making a mood board and pulling together colours and textures for my latest collections.
I have the greatest time designing patterns for paper products – florals, stripes, geometrics, watercolours, the list is endless and there must be at least one or two pieces of patterned paper for everyone. What is your favourite paper?
The PaperLove Blog Hop is a celebration of all things paper! Follow the links to discover more bloggers who love paper and use it to inspire and delight. And if you want to explore a whole world of paper, and stretch your paper passion further with a host of creative projects, why not join the innovative new online course PaperLove (starts March 31). Led by book artist Rachel Hazell, PaperLove is a five week creative adventure for paper lovers. Find out more here.
Participant list
Majo Bautista / Tona Bell / Louise Best / Cathy Bluteau / Jennifer Bomgardner / Giova Brusa / Lindsay Buck / Beka Buckley / Joanna Caskie / Jonathan Chapman (Mr Yen) / Halle Cisco / Sarah Clare / Cathryn Clarge / Dawn Clarkson / Rhiannon Connelly / Jenny D’Fuego / Molly Dhiman / Ian Dudley / Ayisatu Emore / Akmal Farid / Monika Forsberg / Claire Fritz-Domeney / Louise Gale / Chrissy Gaskell / Julie Hamilton / Emma Hawman / Rachel Hazell / Holly Helgeson / Claudine Hellmuth / Kim Henkel / Sarah Hoffman / Joanne Hus / Paula Joerling / Beth Kempton / Julie Kirk / Eos Koch / Katie LaClair / Kristy Lankford / Michelle Manolov / Doreen Marts / Rosie Martinez-Dekker / Tori Mears / Maria Mederios / Lise Meijer / Debbie Miller / MaryJane Mitchell / Suzy Naidoo / Grace Noel / Hannah Nunn / Camilla Olsson / Jo Packham / Rachelle Panagarry / Monette Pangan / Melanie Paul / Nicole Piar / Jen Pitta / Liz Plummer / Julie Reed / Michelle Reynolds / Lisa Rivas / Angee Robertson / Natalie Ryan / Aisling Ryan / Elisabet Sapena / Kyrrha Sevco / Jamie Sprague / Elizabeth Steele / Terri Stephens / Juniper Stokes / Mary Tanana / Maike Thoma / Linda Tieu / Gabrielle Treanor / Tammy Tutterow / Deborah Velasquez / Jordan Vinograd Kim / Cat Whipple / Brooke Witt / Katie Wood / Amelia Woodbridge
Sunday Good News
On 09, Mar 2014 | No Comments | In Business Talk, My Pattern and Print | By patternandco
It’s Sunday, the sun is shining and I’m checking out the UPPERCASE video before I head out. Here Janine (publisher/editor/designer) of UPPERCASE magazine gives up her top ten tips for how to stand out in a crowd.
Did you check out tip 4, original motifs – you’ll find my dandelions!
Janine also talks about their Spring issue which has a very special feature: the UPPERCASE Surface Pattern Design Guide and it is even more special because there is a little bit of me in it!! 
Seriously take a peek, besides me you’ll find some fantastically talented folk in the magazine and you can pick up a copy using the special little discount code ‘USPDG2014‘ - $15 off a subscription just for my lovelies!
*Happy dancing out of the studio today as a few of my designs are on there way to surtex!*
Celebrations
On 03, Mar 2014 | No Comments | In Business Talk, My Pattern and Print, Notes from the Sketch Book | By patternandco
They say good things come in threes! Firstly it’s my birthday and a good reason to celebrate right? Secondly the wee one woke me with cuddles after a whole 6 hours uninterrupted sleep! YAY! So now I actually feel alive enough to celebrate!
The third announcement – Impossible as it sounds I have something that tops them all (yes even better than baby sleeping which I thought would be the best news ever) I can now announce I shall be designing exclusively brand new spanking patterntastic fabrics for Modern Yardage.
Modern Yardage is a great company, for me having a good working relationship is sooo important and the team behind the scenes are super communicative and keen to work with designers! And what a set of designers they already work with – you can find all of our profiles over on the Meet the Designers page and read a bit about little me!
I hope you can join me on this journey. I already have some designs taking shape and want to whip out the sewing machine but my skills are basic so I am gonna learn as I go and share the experience here on the blog as well as featuring lots of talented sewers and crafty bods that adore beautiful patterned fabric just like we do!
I will be shouting out when my first line of fabric comes out, please join me on facebook or if you prefer instagram for a peek at the design life of a ex pat!
Colour inspiration from the garden
On 01, Mar 2014 | No Comments | In Colour Crush | By patternandco
Happy 1st of march. Spring is almost here and I am so loving all the flowers popping up and brightening my day. The hyacinth and hydrangea are sitting on our balcony, filling the air with a beautiful scent and fab pops of colours – an alternative spring palette with electric blues and bright pinks!
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